United States: Land of the Python
In case you haven't wrapped your mind around the whole global warming thing yet, consider this: The U.S. Geological Survey reports that new climate maps show that roughly a third of the United States could provide favorable conditions for Burmese pythons if current trends hold.
Such pythons were discovered in the Florida Everglades in 2003 -- presumably they were pets released into the wild -- and have been spreading ever since. Global warming models indicate that areas in the United States that would be "climate matches" for the snakes, which live naturally from Pakistan to Indonesia, could significantly expand by the end of this century.
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OK. BUT.., can you eat them or make ethanol from them? Maybe, they could be the next health food fad. The bureaucrats in Washington are doing their best to prevent any effective legislation from becoming law. They are even trying to prevent the states from passing their own laws.
If we can't do something about the Congress, we better have Martha Stewart come up with some serving suggestions.
Robert M. Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:39 PMWOW! So mean climates do change, animal populations do vary, and we aren't stuck in some endless late 1960's model of weather, animal range and human cultural pattern? Whoops on that last one.
Maybe we can do something about that "tectonic-plate thingee" that's been causing all those earthquake and volcano problems as well . . . .
Barry Lewis Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:25 AMSince most SES's I know are fat, maybe these helpless snakes would like to feed on them?
Clarence J. Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:37 AMPolitical agendas will come and go, but the earth will continue to do whatever it is destined to do regardless of man's puny, pathetic attempts at control.
Charles Thompson Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:25 PM